You Only Have 20 Seconds to Solve This Viral Math Problem

Go!

Another day, another viralmathproblem circulating the webz: Guardian math genius Alex Bellostweeted the above math problem saying that in Hong Kong, 6-year-olds are expected to solve it in 20 seconds or less. Can you?

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Did you do it? Are you smarter than a Hong Kong 6-year-old? Can I spoil it for you? I'm going to. It's the first of these math problems I've figured out — probably because it requires zero math.

Flip the picture upside down. The answer is 87. Which is much higher than any percentage I ever got on any math test. Shows you how important math really is, huh? Kidding. Kidding! Math is important, stay in school.

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